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Date
1977
Artist
Sam Gilliam, American, b. Tupelo, Mississippi, 1933–2022
Provenance
Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC, to 7 June 1978
Museum Purchase, 1978
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Purchases by the Hirshhorn Museum, 1974-1983," 15 September-17 November 1983, unpublished checklist, no. 68.
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington DC. "Sam Gilliam: A Retrospective," 15 October 2005-24 January 2006, ill. pp. 114-115 (unnumbered checklist). Tour: SPEED ART MUSEUM, Louisville, 6 June-3 September [did not travel to Telfair Museum of Art or Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, due to HMSG loading dock construction project].
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Sam Gilliam: Full Circle," 25 May-11 September 2022, no cat.
Published References
ZILCZER, JUDITH K. "Sam Gilliam," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996), pp. 134-135, color ill.
GLIMCHER, ARNE et al. Sam Gilliam: Existed Existing (New York: Pace Gallery, 2020), fig. 5 (color), p. 50.
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School
African-American Abstraction/Washington Color School
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase, 1978
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
78.75
Type
Painting
Medium
Acrylic and canvas on canvas
Dimensions
90 3/4 × 180 3/4 in. (230.5 × 459.1 cm)
